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Mawson station

Location: 67° 36′ 10″ S, 62° 52′ 26″ E (−67.6027, 62.8738)

Mawson is situated on an isolated outcrop of rock on the coast in Mac.Robertson Land, at the edge of the Antarctic plateau. It is Australia’s first continental station and the longest continuously operating station south of the Antarctic Circle.